Scorpions: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

Walter Dean Myers

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Honor Book:Newbery Medal -Children's (1989)

These days, everyone seems to be getting on Jamal's case. The kids at school keep bugging him, his teachers won't leave him alone, and the principal's always giving him a hard time. Even his mama yells at him, upset because Jamal's brother is in the slammer. The only one he can count on anymore is his best friend Tito.

Now Crazy Mack wants Jamal to take over as leader of the Scorpions and run crack. Jamal doesn't want anything to do with the gang, but he doesn't have a choice - it's the only way to get the money for Randy's appeal. And as long as he's got Tito on his side, Jamal knows everything will be okay...

Book Details

Publisher: Amistad Books for Young Readers
Publish Date: May 28th, 2013
Pages: 240
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 6.99in - 4.17in - 0.52in - 0.26lb
EAN: 9780064470667
Recommended age: 13-UP
Categories: • Social Themes - Violence• Social Themes - Peer Pressure• Social Themes - Poverty & Homelessness

About the Author

Myers, Walter Dean: -

Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers was recognized by every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Book Award winners. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults and a three-time National Book Award finalist as well as the first ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King-Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Praise for this book

"Once more, readers have Myers to thank for giving them a greater understanding of the difficulty of life in today's inner city." --" SLJ.""A book honored for its honesty, realism, and vitality."-- "1989 Newbery Award Committee."